Chiefs place K Santos on IR, sign Butker

KANSAS CITY, MO - SEPTEMBER 17: Kicker Cairo Santos #5 of the Kansas City Chiefs kicks a successful field goal from the hold of Dustin Colquitt #2 to give the Chiefs the first score during the first quarter of the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Arrowhead Stadium on September 17, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. ( Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)

Cairo Santos was placed on injured reserve by the Chiefs Tuesday, with the veteran kicker slated to miss at least eight weeks with a training-camp groin injury that has lingered into the season.

The Chiefs signed Harrison Butker from the Panthers practice squad to replace Santos. Butker graded about average a season ago on field goals and extra points for Georgia Tech, but was our sixth-highest-graded kicker in terms of kickoffs, producing 54 touchbacks on 73 attempts.